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Authors: Marc Mueller-Stoffels and Renate Wackerbauer
We present a diffusively coupled cell model to investigate the ice-albedo feedback system of the Arctic Ocean and pattern formation during melting season. The current model is two-dimensional; it includes inter-cellular heat transfer, a solid-liquid phase transition in water, elements of phase field theory, and radiative energy exchange in the form of an idealized spatiotemporal drive. We introduce the model and show transient and asymptotic spatiotemporal dynamics, including stable steady states of sea-ice volume. |
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